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Chris Walker hosted another live consulting session, this time with a post-seed stage start-up that is currently following the organic playbook we have shared on the podcast. You'll get to hear about things that the founders and practitioners noticed in their own business after implementing the strategy, and how you can implement an organic content strategy yourself with little to no resources. Chris answers their questions about measurement and how to paint the picture to investors, and they reiterate the importance of educating and providing value to their ICP instead of constantly trying to sell to them in an impersonal way.

We hosted a Demand Gen Expert Session with Tom Wentworth, CMO at Recorded Future, to talk about the catch-22 of attribution and what marketers can and should do about it. We've all been in a place where the challenges of attribution are apparent. When you're hitting your numbers, no one cares about attribution. But when you're not, that's when others become critical of it.

Chris Walker and Megan Bowen hosted Demand Gen Live again last night and covered the following agenda:-What happens when Marketing aligns to REVENUE instead of "leads" or SQLs, -How "ABM" breaks down at execution, and  -The blurring line between marketing & sales as well as how Chris distinguishes the two.  They also answered questions about where SDRs should sit in an org chart, the best sources for marketing education, why many marketers end up doing sales not marketing, the issues that come with scaling too quickly, and when you align to revenue what should happen vs. what you'll notice initially happening.Register here for tomorrow's live event with Tom Wentworth, CMO at Recorded Future. We'll be discussing The Catch 22 of Attribution & How B2B Marketers Should Respond.

Joe Mullings, Chairman & CEO of The Mullings Group Companies, joined Chris in the Refine Labs podcast studio for a discussion about what's changing in the hiring landscape and how companies should respond. Joe shared that "the market has changed more in the past 12 months than my previous 30 years in the business.” They talked about work from anywhere vs. working in the office, as an employer how to make the strongest offer possible and improve internal processes, the biggest reasons culture breaks down, and the impact of hiring what Joe calls "force multipliers." Register here for next week's live event with Chris Walker and Dave Gerhardt. 

Chris Walker and Megan Bowen hosted Demand Gen Live last night and covered the following agenda: 1 - The 5 Reasons Why B2B Advertising Fails, 2 - Building Your Paid Social Content Mix, and 3 - Why B2B Companies Need to Create Content In-House. They also answered questions live in regards to testing creative, how to decide if you have product market fit, growth marketers vs. product marketers, and influencer marketing. Chris shared that the way to win in the market right now is a combination of marketing and customer success. He also emphasized that impactful creative is a missing piece in most B2B companies. Register for next Thursday’s live event with Dave Gerhardt here. 

Chris hosted another live consulting session last week with an early-stage SaaS company. He walked through their overall strategy and made recommendations throughout, touching on customer research, their media plan across various channels, organic content strategy, and why optimizing for leads drives the wrong behaviors. He broke down their current strategy and provided deep and tactical recommendations to help them level up their marketing.

Charlotte Babington, Director of Demand Gen at Refine Labs, hosted this episode of Back to Basics on the topic of Content. They covered the role of content in creating demand, how to measure its success, and distribution means and channels. 

Last night Chris Walker (CEO, Refine Labs) and Megan Bowen (CCO, Refine Labs) brought the DGL community back to cover the following agenda: 1 - How to control the flow of demand, 2 - The 3 levels of intent, 3 - How to leverage communities as an acquisition channel. They also hosted a live Q&A throughout and answered questions in regards to what happens when you create too much demand, influencer marketing, podcasting, declared vs. assumed intent, and demo requests.

Chris Walker hosted another Small Business Consulting Session a couple weeks ago where he helped a startup flesh out a modern organic content strategy that centers around a live event. He talked them through measurement and attribution, where the dark funnel comes into play, how to get a feel for if something is working or not when few to no quantitative metrics are available, and how to create a community and build an engaged audience.

In response to some chatter circulating through the marketing community that LinkedIn organic is dead, Chris presented a keynote on why it in fact is very much still alive, and how marketers can still capitalize on the platform. He opened up the floor to a live Q&A and answered questions about whether it is best to distribute content via a personal or company profile, connection strategies, content ideas, and engagement metrics.